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Zelensky meets French FM on support for Ukraine
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with visiting French Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna to discuss support for Ukraine, the presidential press service reported. At the meeting, Zelensky on Tuesday thanked…
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Russia claims win in ‘referendums’ held in occupied Ukraine
Moscow: Russia has claimed to win four ‘referendums’ in occupied Ukrainian regions, a victory which Moscow may use as grounds to annex more territory, the media reported on Wednesday. Voting had taken…
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Russia’s total grain harvest may reach record 150 mn ton this year: Putin
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could harvest a record 150 million ton of grain this year. “To date, 138.7 million tons of grain have already been threshed. This is…
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21 soldiers injured in Pakistan in suicide attack on military convoy
Peshawar: A suicide bomber on Tuesday attacked a Pakistani military convoy in a restive tribal district in the country bordering Afghanistan, injuring at least 21 soldiers. The bomber hit the vehicle on…
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Spike in oil price is breaking India’s back: Jaishankar
Washington: India, which has a USD 2,000 per capita economy, is concerned over the spike in the price of oil due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and it is “breaking our back,” External…
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Telugu community thrilling event in Riyadh
Jeddah: A day-long glittering event held by SATA (Saudi Arabia Telugu Association), a social organization comprising people from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in Riyadh on Friday witnessed a variety of participants belonging…
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Explosions near Nord Stream pipelines as gas leaks into Baltic Sea
Stockholm: Seismologists registered explosions near the Nord Stream pipelines in the last 36 hours, a media outlet reported, citing Swedish national broadcaster SVT. SVT can reveal that measuring stations in both Sweden…
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China snaps at Blinken for asking Pak to seek debt relief from Beijing
Beijing: China on Tuesday angrily retorted at the US call to Pakistan to seek debt relief from its all-weather ally Beijing to deal with the grim flood situation, saying that instead of…
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Father of woman who defaced Xi Jinping’s poster dies suddenly in jail
Washington: The father of a woman, who was sent to a psychiatric hospital for defacing a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has died suddenly in detention, with the authorities moving to…
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Rishi Sunak supporters speak out as UK economy spirals under Liz Truss
London: The supporters of Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race, which concluded earlier this month with opponent Liz Truss as British Prime Minister, are increasingly speaking out to point out…
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PM Modi attends Shinzo Abe’s funeral
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the state funeral of assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Representatives from over 100 countries, including more…
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Army boosting surveillance, fire power capability along frontier with China
New Delhi: The Army has significantly bolstered its fire power along the frontier with China by deploying a range of rockets and artillery weapons and plans to procure an array of additional…
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Death toll from Bangladesh boat capsize reaches 61
Dhaka: The number of deaths due to a boat capsizes in Bangladesh’s Karatoya river increased to 61 on Tuesday, after 10 more bodies were recovered, a senior police official said. The official…
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PM Modi conveys heartfelt condolences to Abe’s widow on tragic loss
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met with Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, at the Akasaka Palace here and conveyed his heartfelt condolences on…
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Super typhoon Noru to affect China’s Hainan
Beijing: Noru, the 16th storm of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season, intensified into a super typhoon again on Tuesday as it moves closer to China’s Hainan province, local authorities said. The centre…
